the house on mango street, it is just so completely god awful, puts me in a bad mood everytime i think about it
Worst Book or Book series you have ever read.
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I wouldn't say it's the worst for me, but I definitely don't think I'll be reading it again anytime soon.Midgeamoo said:
Rhubarb by Craig Silvey.
My God-Emperor.
That book was, without a doubt, the most atrociously written pile of crap I have ever been forced to read. Terrible grammer, not one even mildly interesting character, a cliched and rubbish plot and simply disgusting scene descripitions with the worst being the detailed recounting of an old man masterbating about his dead wife. I implore all who read this to find all the copies of the book they can and burn them. BURN THEM ALL.
My God-Emperor.
That book was, without a doubt, the most atrociously written pile of crap I have ever been forced to read. Terrible grammer, not one even mildly interesting character, a cliched and rubbish plot and simply disgusting scene descripitions with the worst being the detailed recounting of an old man masterbating about his dead wife. I implore all who read this to find all the copies of the book they can and burn them. BURN THEM ALL.
Greek Ransom By Michael Malaghan.
I got it when I was in hospital for a couple of days (I didn't read it then) The plot line is... Stupid at best, the end is such a cop-out and the kids in it well half the time they are child genius' and the other half they would have to be classifiably retarded, the writing style makes me angry it's like they've gotten a good writer and then got a 3rd grader to write all the actions sequences complete with inappropriate use of grammar and all.
The Most Annoying books to read however would have to be the first two books in The Laws Of Magic series because Audrey is so Damn Awkward and such a Dick around girls and he always gets so close solving recurring problems in the books and then well it screws up and he's back to first base it's like watching auditions for video dating services it's so bad but you always go back and watch some more just to laugh, but hey the second book has dinosaurs so all is forgiven.
I got it when I was in hospital for a couple of days (I didn't read it then) The plot line is... Stupid at best, the end is such a cop-out and the kids in it well half the time they are child genius' and the other half they would have to be classifiably retarded, the writing style makes me angry it's like they've gotten a good writer and then got a 3rd grader to write all the actions sequences complete with inappropriate use of grammar and all.
The Most Annoying books to read however would have to be the first two books in The Laws Of Magic series because Audrey is so Damn Awkward and such a Dick around girls and he always gets so close solving recurring problems in the books and then well it screws up and he's back to first base it's like watching auditions for video dating services it's so bad but you always go back and watch some more just to laugh, but hey the second book has dinosaurs so all is forgiven.
I agreed with a lot of what you said, so I'll respond to you with some conversation.JoeThree said:
I was recommended Twilight back when book 1 was the only one out. I read the first chapter like three times but could never get over the flowery prose. Left Behind was awesome though, when I was younger. I'll never forget Cameron surviving that plane crash and the fucking blade that was one atom thick.
I agree that Goodkind's SoT series was terrible, though I only read the first book. Richard was so perfect in all ways it made me think Goodkind was a closet homosexual. The plot was boring. The "romance" was fixed with a deus ex machina. And the last third of the book was bizarre sexual torture. That's cool for fetish literature but for a conventional fantasy lover, I didn't get into it.
I could never get past the first WoT books. The setting and overall story interested me, but the characters we followed were so boring my eyes bled. The only interesting relationship was between Moiraine and Al'Lan. I get that Jordan has a few "big ideas" he wants to explore in the books, but his immediate story and characters were just so damn boring.
Harry Potter was immensely readable. The characters went in weird directions in the end and the whole resurrection thing was bizarre, but overall each book had a fun, exciting adventure. Harry's downfall into a whiny ***** in book five was a good step for his character development, imo.
I'm not sure how you can praise Moby Dick and criticize To Kill a Mockingbird (for its blandness) in the same paragraph. TKaM is a very tight novel - everything written is necessary and important to the story. Moby Dick as hundreds of pages of asinine information. Of course I love both.
The Chronicles of Narnia. Mainly because of the blatantly placed religious marketing. Oh and 'I'm not scared'. The characters were just plain stupid.
It's not actually bad, I read it for Literature class last term.. My only issue was that Frome's wife could have been less of a whiny *****.Echer123 said:
They don't. I read the new one and....meh. Every now and than Colfer spends 3 pages explaining shit no one wants to hear, the plot is bad (and confusing), some of the characters that luckily get killed of at the end made me want to kill myself, and the ending is just UTTER AND COMPLETE SHIT.soulblade06 said:
I liked everything untill the time paradox, don't know why i bothered reading the new one.
People here don't seem to have read the series, just Eragon. The guy was a new writer at the time and Eragon wasn't really all that great. Eldest got better and Brisingr was pretty damn good.Frieswiththat said:
Waiting for Godot. Technically it's a play but I did read it for school. It's 100 pages of nothing happening. And the worst part was, after I read it I had to read it again the next year in English class!
Dune also qualifies. I usually give a book 100 pages to get me interested. I think I made it to about 150 before I looked at how far I had to go and just shut the book forever. I just couldn't get into it.
Dune also qualifies. I usually give a book 100 pages to get me interested. I think I made it to about 150 before I looked at how far I had to go and just shut the book forever. I just couldn't get into it.
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. Seriously, his first series was ok because it was interesting and different, but the entire thing where the twins act like they hate each other but really love each other is so cliche and annoying. It also never stops. I couldn't bring myself to get halfway through this book. Also, nobody cares about Egyptian mythology.
(Emphasis my own).cefm said:
...have you considered trying a different translation? It's not like there is only one.
My choice is a book given to me by a friend (actually with the caveat that it was shit, but that its trashiness was endearing). That book was Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind. What really confuses me is that some people seem to revere the series that begins with this book as their favourite fantasy series.
Ho christ have I read some bad books in my time... We used to have a cabinet in the front room that was full of books my mum had collected over time. Mainly very, very trashy romance novels some really bad horror and some... I'm not sure what genre they belong to but they were awful. You guys think Twilight's bad? You haven't seen (read) shit. I've read bad books, least Twilight goes into so bad its laughable territory and as the stigma with it. When I went in to read Twilight, I knew it was going to be utter garbage... These books though? Yikes.
Sadly I can't for the life of me remember the names of many of them. Probably the whole "So bland, not important" thing. Though to be more recent, I read a book a while back that could best be described as a trashy Tom Clancy rip off. God, good, good god was it boooooring. One of the few books I just put down after like chapter four and just though "Screw it". Maybe the book gets good later on, maybe it turns into a best selling novel. However the first four chapters were so bad I just simply wasn't playing ball. The book was called On Dangerous Grounds by Jack Higgins. Pretty much if you crossed Patriot Games with the movie the Jackal..
Ho I also read my first and very last biography book. The Gu'vner a book about Lenny Mclean the bare-knuckle boxer, I got about four chapters into this one before putting it right down. Basically the book was Lenny talking about how much of an hard ************ he his and how no one was going to mess with him... all that sort of stuff. No thanks. Seriously no thanks.
Also another I've read called "Worlds hardest bastard" by the wife of one of the Kray twins. Not sure if that counts as biography but it basically consisted of her interviewing criminals and having them talk about how hard they are. Again no thanks. Specially when most of their reasons for them being supposedly hard is stuff like "I shot someone, then robbed them" or "I stabbed someone" yep... apparently shooting, stabbing and running people over in cars makes you hard. Not buying it, your not hard, your scum with a gun.
So yeah I've read some awful books in my time.
Sadly I can't for the life of me remember the names of many of them. Probably the whole "So bland, not important" thing. Though to be more recent, I read a book a while back that could best be described as a trashy Tom Clancy rip off. God, good, good god was it boooooring. One of the few books I just put down after like chapter four and just though "Screw it". Maybe the book gets good later on, maybe it turns into a best selling novel. However the first four chapters were so bad I just simply wasn't playing ball. The book was called On Dangerous Grounds by Jack Higgins. Pretty much if you crossed Patriot Games with the movie the Jackal..
Ho I also read my first and very last biography book. The Gu'vner a book about Lenny Mclean the bare-knuckle boxer, I got about four chapters into this one before putting it right down. Basically the book was Lenny talking about how much of an hard ************ he his and how no one was going to mess with him... all that sort of stuff. No thanks. Seriously no thanks.
Also another I've read called "Worlds hardest bastard" by the wife of one of the Kray twins. Not sure if that counts as biography but it basically consisted of her interviewing criminals and having them talk about how hard they are. Again no thanks. Specially when most of their reasons for them being supposedly hard is stuff like "I shot someone, then robbed them" or "I stabbed someone" yep... apparently shooting, stabbing and running people over in cars makes you hard. Not buying it, your not hard, your scum with a gun.
So yeah I've read some awful books in my time.
Honestly: The Dutch version of Lord of the rings. It might have been the transelator, but the writting sucked. But I think it's just mostly Tolkiens fault, the guy just couldn't write.
Oops! I was just referring to Lord of the Flies. I didn't actually see the rest of the post before I wrote it :/. Whoops!Midgeamoo said:
Giants in the Earth
A family moves out west during the Western expansion in American history. They then set up the farm and the book catalogs their time. Every. Day.
Important events in the book:
- ...
Scenes of notability:
- A woman goes insane and locks herself in a trunk (not a car). She's also pregnant at the time.
Honestly, they just sit around and do nothing. It's a book about people farming for crying out loud.
A family moves out west during the Western expansion in American history. They then set up the farm and the book catalogs their time. Every. Day.
Important events in the book:
- ...
Scenes of notability:
- A woman goes insane and locks herself in a trunk (not a car). She's also pregnant at the time.
Honestly, they just sit around and do nothing. It's a book about people farming for crying out loud.
Mogworld.
Nah, I'm just kidding. I never read it. (but I want to, just to see how our dear Yahtzee fares as a writer) You know, I am a very, very fussy reader. If I don't find something that interests me chances are I won't go past the first two chapters. Worst books I ever read? Probably not that bad since I just can't seem to get into books too easily. I mean, I love reading. I finished the last harry potter book in just one sitting. So instead of posting 'my most hated book' I'll simply do the opposite - post books I love that left a bad taste. I feel it would be unfair to pick a 'worst book I ever read' if I never even got past the first chapter.
Firewing -
Kenneth Oppel was one of my favourite authors back when I was younger. He's the author of silverwing series. And you know, I loved all three books. . . until I got to the last chapter of the third book. Dick move book, dick move.
Redwall (The entire F*cking series)
A series I love so much I hate it, I hate it with a passion. Even to this day I still read those books (currently doing Mattimeo!) because I barely consider it a 'kids book'. The biggest problem I have with these books is the over simplified sides and how the villains (The very interesting characters that I love the most)always die horrible deaths.
Those two books aside I suppose now that I think about it I actually can think of around three books that I hated. The only problem is I forgot their names.
Nah, I'm just kidding. I never read it. (but I want to, just to see how our dear Yahtzee fares as a writer) You know, I am a very, very fussy reader. If I don't find something that interests me chances are I won't go past the first two chapters. Worst books I ever read? Probably not that bad since I just can't seem to get into books too easily. I mean, I love reading. I finished the last harry potter book in just one sitting. So instead of posting 'my most hated book' I'll simply do the opposite - post books I love that left a bad taste. I feel it would be unfair to pick a 'worst book I ever read' if I never even got past the first chapter.
Firewing -
Kenneth Oppel was one of my favourite authors back when I was younger. He's the author of silverwing series. And you know, I loved all three books. . . until I got to the last chapter of the third book. Dick move book, dick move.
Redwall (The entire F*cking series)
A series I love so much I hate it, I hate it with a passion. Even to this day I still read those books (currently doing Mattimeo!) because I barely consider it a 'kids book'. The biggest problem I have with these books is the over simplified sides and how the villains (The very interesting characters that I love the most)always die horrible deaths.
Those two books aside I suppose now that I think about it I actually can think of around three books that I hated. The only problem is I forgot their names.
Twilight, I lost a bet with this girl and since she knew how much I disliked it on principle she made me read the whole series, and she gave me quizzes on it to make sure I had read it.....it was horrible.
Other than that I would have to say the Inheritance Cycle, the way that Paolini writes just pisses me off, especially his perfect elves who can do no wrong.
Other than that I would have to say the Inheritance Cycle, the way that Paolini writes just pisses me off, especially his perfect elves who can do no wrong.